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Setting Up the Access Point
Configuring Security Settings
• Encryption Strength : Set the length of the encryption key that will
be used. Select 64 bits or 128 bits . Note that the same size of
encryption key must be supported on all wireless clients and devices.
Default is
64 bits .
5. Under Security Encryption (WEP) Key , enter up to four strings of
character keys. The number of characters required updates automatically
based on how you set Authentication and Encryption Strength.
6. Click Apply to save your changes.
Configuring WPA-PSK (TKIP)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an early version of the 802.11i security
standard. Temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP) is designed for WPA to
enhance WEP.
WPA-PSK (TKIP) employs a pre-shared key (PSK), which is used for an initial
check of credentials and a 128-bit “temporal key”, which combines the client’s
MAC address and a 16-octet initialization vector to produce the encryption
key. This ensures unique key encryption. TKIP uses RC4 to perform the
encryption and changes temporal keys every 10,000 packets and distributes
them, thereby greatly improving the security of the network.
To use this security profile, your wireless clients and devices must support
WPA.
N o t e
If your wireless network has a mix of devices (some support WPA2 and others
support the original WPA), you should use WPA-PSK (TKIP)/WPA2-PSK
(AES). Refer to
“Configuring WPA-PSK (TKIP) / WPA2-PSK (AES)” on page 4-
16 for more information.